Calotropis procera
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Family Apocynaceae
Taxonomy: Calotropis procera (Aiton) R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asclepias procera Aiton (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asclepias gigantea L. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Bebawi_2015 (6), Cooper_2013 (13), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 66 records in 10 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 108.33 mm (90-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 68.75 mm (60-80 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 148.25 mm (48-185 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 117 mm (38-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.35 cm (0.3-0.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Bebawi_2015]
- reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1.13 a (1.13-1.13 a) [sources: Bebawi_2015]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Bebawi_2015]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Bebawi_2015]
- seed_viability (numerical): 0.85 {count}/{count} (0.85-0.85 {count}/{count}) [sources: Bebawi_2015]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3.25 m (1-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 14 | 18 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 15 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Bebawi_2015 | 6 | 6 | F. F. Bebawi, S. D. Campbell, and R. J. Mayer. “Seed bank longevity and age to reproductive maturity of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton in the dry tropics of northern Queensland”. The Rangeland Journal 37.3 (2015), p. 239. ISSN: 1036-9872. doi: 10.1071/rj14130. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |